2017 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament

The 2017 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament was the 42nd edition of the postseason tournament for the Big Sky Conference, held March 7–11 at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nevada.

2017 Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201617
Teams11
SiteReno Events Center
Reno, Nevada
ChampionsNorth Dakota Fighting Hawks (1st title)
Winning coachBrian Jones (1st title)
MVPQuinton Hooker (North Dakota)
TelevisionESPNU (final)
2016–17 Big Sky men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
North Dakota144 .7782210  .688
Eastern Washington135 .7222212  .647
Idaho126 .6671914  .576
Weber State126 .6672014  .588
Montana117 .6111616  .500
Montana State117 .6111616  .500
Sacramento State99 .5001318  .419
Portland State711 .3891516  .484
Northern Colorado*711 .3891118  .379
Northern Arizona612 .333923  .281
Southern Utah315 .167627  .182
Idaho State315 .167526  .161
Conference tournament winner

In the final, regular season champion North Dakota defeated third-seed Weber State 93–89 in overtime to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. It was North Dakota's first NCAA tournament as a Division I team, after multiple appearances in the Division II tourney.

On October 8, 2016, Northern Colorado self-imposed a post-season ban amid an ongoing NCAA investigation into program violations, and did not participate.

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